A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
PORT-ST. MARY, a village in Kirk-Rushen parish, Isle of Man: on the W side of Poolvash bay, 4½ miles Wby S of Castletown. It was originally called Purt-noo-Moirrey; is now sometimes called Port-le-Murray: has a post-office‡ under Douglas, Isle of Man, a good hotel, a school-house used as a chapel of ease, a Wesleyan chapel, and a small harbour dry at low water; and carrieson extensive fishing and considerable exports of agricultural produce and lime. Pop., 486.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | the Isle of Man CrProt |
| Place names: | PORT LE MURRAY | PORT ST MARY | PURT NOO MOIRREY |
| Place: | Port St Mary |
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